Boo is a children’s book written by the author Jeanna Ganas and illustrated by Santhya Shenbegam R. The story is based on a real situation that the author has faced in her classroom.
Boo is the hamster and a regular class pet. One day, he stepped out of his cage and explored the school but he felt alone. He discovered that there is no place like home. I agree with Boo on this. After living away from home for work, I know how much I used to miss home during that time.
Grab a copy of this book and find out if Boo can meet his classroom friends again. I found this story adventurous and full of fun. I read this story to my little nephew and he liked it a lot. The story is written nicely with an intriguing plot.
I recommend this to my fellow readers. Go on an interesting journey of Boo and have fun.
The Odd one and other short stories by author Sohini Maitra is definitely a must read and is for people of all ages. I have finished reading it and have to say author have done commendable job in writing it down so beautifully.
Stories are hilarious but at the same time it talks about the reality which we all experience around in our life on daily basis. It takes you to a journey where you will find yourself as you are a part of it.
These incredible short stories will win your heart as the author have penned down so many interesting topics that covers almost everything in our day to day life.
You will feel confidence and motivated as the stories are so good that it will put a big smile on your face, it will change the way you see the world. The characters are so good that willl keep you engaged all the time.
Overall a book which is Priceless and one can easily relate while reading. So, give it a try and you will going to love this book. I am really impressed.
My C-Popstar is a romance fiction by the author Christine Clinton. The protagonist of the story are Vannes Lee and Aimee. Vannes is a Chinese Popstar who reached the top of music charts through his hard work. One day he saw Aimee, a red haired bartender. Although she wasn’t that glamorous but still she was the prettiest girl he had ever seen.
They met in a bar where Vannes had so many drinks but unfortunately he forgot his wallet. Aimee told him not to worry, the bill will be on the house. Even though she knew that Vannes is a big popstar but still she was not throwing herself at him. Their chemistry is what makes the story intriguing.
The characters are strong and the book is unputdownable. You can’t put it down until you finish the whole story. With eleven chapters in total, it is a short read and I enjoyed reading it. The writing is so fresh and so is the plot. The cover page of the book is nice and the title is short and apt. I recommend this to romance fiction lovers.
Q1. Hello Sir, can you please introduce yourself? Readers would love to know more about you.
My name is Isaiah Daniel and I am from Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the USA. I really enjoy the tech industry and it’s actually what I studied with Network/Security as my track. I am also the author of the book “The Sun, The Moon, and The Stars”.
Q2. Tell us about the process of coming up with the book cover and the title ‘The Sun, The Moon and The Stars’?
The process of coming up with the idea for the book cover and the substance of the book itself was fairly easy. Life for me is all about perspective. I constantly talk about the importance of perspective vs. reality and when you look at the title and the book cover you might begin to think it’s just about the sun moon and stars. The moment you open the book you realize it’s way more than that. The reality of not judging a book solely based off its cover. It’s eye catching to say the least.
Q3. What were the key challenges you faced while writing ‘The Sun, The Moon and The Stars’ book?
The challenges that I came across were deadlines that I had for myself and also finding an illustrator. I came up with the brilliant idea of writing this book back in February of 2019. I was done with the writing process that March and spent the last 5 months looking for an illustrator that could take my vision and bring it to life. I ended up taking a trip to Bali and scrolling through Instagram and finding a young lady from the states, who in fact goes to school in Washington, DC. Her name is Teunice Curtis and she was just the right person for the job. At this point we were already behind for my deadline to introduce this book to the world Christmas of 2019, but I wasn’t able to do so until February of 2020.
Q4. What’s your favourite spot to visit in your own country? And what makes it so special to you?
My favorite place of all time in the states would be Miami, Florida. It was the first place I visited when I was young. It was the most beautiful place I had ever seen as I’m from the inner city. The air was different. The scenery is way different from what I’ve ever seen. The water is clear. Although I hate the heat, I would just deal with it to get away from Milwaukee, WI. I also wanted to go to college in Florida or Atlanta, Georgia. I was accepted into schools in both places, but my family thought it best that I went to school in Maryland where I have family. In high school I took a trip that I think is important for a lot of kids from the inner city. It was the HBCU college tour. It was a way for inner city kids to see themselves represented all over the world in different states and cities. Persons that look like them and are enjoying their life and the culture of what college exudes. We ended up going to Florida on that trip and I just fell in love with what it was all over again. It was on this trip that I told myself that I was going to college. It was my ticket out the inner city. Although I didn’t go to school in Florida like I planned I ended up going to Miami, Florida for my 21st birthday during spring break and after that in the same year I went back for memorial weekend and for the next 3 years after my 21st. Needless to say Miami will always hold that special place in my heart.
Q5. Is there lots to do before you drive in and start writing a book?
I think it depends on the way you go that makes the work more or less. All of it is necessary, so I wouldn’t use the word “a lot”. Like writing an autobiography, or a self help book I’m sure is different from writing a children’s book. You want to make sure everything flows for every book of course. The language you use in an autobiography may fit you more than what a children’s book might. It’s you telling a story in the way that you talk. It’s more personable. Where a children’s book is part of your imagination. It’s you of course, but you are talking in a way children will understand. I would say make sure you have your ducks in a row. Make sure you do the proper research on what will fit you in order to put out something that you can be happy with. From who will publish your book, a proofreader, The book cost, the deadline, the marketing. All of that matters. Which is probably the most work for any book honestly. The process can be a little easier on you if you choose to publish with someone that will do the work for you, but that’s also costly upfront and you have to find someone that believes in your work if not the same or more than you do. Everyone is writing these days. Everyone has a story, which is awesome in itself, but it makes it harder for someone to pick up your book and say I’m willing to give you a chance. Self publishing may be the way, but if so you’ll be doing a lot of marketing on your own.
Q6. Are you working on anything at the present you would like to share with your readers about?
At the current moment I am actually working on a couple of things. I am working on an animated short film for my debut book “The Sun, The Moon and The Stars” as well as an original EP (music album) with various different artists. I’m also working on my next book. It won’t be a children’s book this time, but more of a self help book. I didn’t grow up with my father in my life and I had questions that will never be answered and wanted to tell my story and what I went through that could help others going through the same. Of course all of our paths are different and what works for me may not working for others, but hopefully this will resonate with some and they can take and apply what they can where they can to make it easier for them to understand their situation.
Q7. What does success means to you?
Success means different for everyone. My success will not look the same as somebody else. For example, Society tells us that success is money and fame. To someone that might be true. For me not so much. Of course money and fame is a goal one day, but I would say the greatest success is happiness. It’s something that’s in all of us, but hard to acquire or keep. In order to find true happiness, it takes digging deep. That requires doing the necessary work on self. Mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. I pride myself on the connections i make with people. Good or bad it is the experience that i can take with me. Learning how to truly forgive and not just say it. Learning that forgiveness is for you just as much as it is for the person being forgiven. Just because you acquire the money and fame, doesn’t always mean that you are happy. That might actually bring on more problems than you had before. Anxiety, paranoia other mental strains that weren’t there. I think you must find that balance of happiness and dealing with your mental in order to see what true success is.
Q8. When writing a book how do you keep things fresh, for both your readers and also yourself?
While I was writing this particular book I actually didn’t even think about the freshness of the book. I actually found out a lot about writing a book after I had written and published it to the world to read. I honestly just took a conversation that I naturally had with my children and wrote it based off that. I thought it would resonate with the conversations most parents have with their children. Well their answers anyway as opposed to my perspective and outlook on what the sun, moon and stars are. I just figured that as adults and children, with the way life is set-up that we all can take from it. Adults and their experiences causes them to look at situations from a different lens as they did when they were children. A child looks at things innocently for the most part. I figured that was the joy in this book.
Q9. What books or authors have most influenced your own writing?
The one book that I can honestly say influenced my life in general would be “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe. Everyone that reads a book ends up taking something away from it. What I took a way from this book Is staying true to yourself. What is most important to you and what are you willing to give up in order to acquire that. Of course the book ends in tragedy, but was that the life of happiness for someone as opposed to living in turmoil. Knowing that your morals and beliefs would be erased and forgotten. I can’t say that I’m as strong as Okonkwo was in my everyday life, but I hope to get there one day. I also want to mention Other books such as “48 laws of power” and “the 50th Law” by Robert Greene, “Shook one” by Charlamagne Tha God, “Wild at Heart” by John Eldredge, “Unf*ck Yourself” by Gary John Bishop, “The Hidden Messages In Water” by Masuro Emoto, “The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne, “The Holy Bible” and the more recent books that I’m currently reading and find very interesting is “Becoming SuperNatural” by Joe Dispenza and “The Energy Codes” by Dr. S.U.E Morter.
Q10. Lastly, do you want to give any advice to someone wanting to write and publish a book?
My advice is stay true to whatever you are writing. Tell the story the way you want to tell it. People will tell you that your content may not be for them, but that is okay. Your writing is meant to reach someone. It may not reach everyone, but it will mean more to reach one person and it actually changes something in them. Inspires them or motivates them. That means more than someone buying your work and never actually reading it. Writing may be hard at times. You may get writers block, but keep going. Put out something that you yourself can be proud of without ever folding. Also market your work prior to putting it out. I ended up putting out my work without really telling anybody but a few of my friends at the time. Market as much as possible prior so that when the time comes for you to release your work, you have pretty much already put in the work needed to get great results.
Gabe & his Green Thumb is a children’s book by the author David Miller. This is a story of a little boy Gabe Gresham who loves gardening and growing vegetables. One day when Alex(Gabe’s best friend) and Gabe were in the garden, Gabe put his hand in the dirt, he felt that something bit him.
Next morning, when Gabe woke up he saw his thumb bigger and green in colour. His parents took him to the doctor who told that everything looks fine. Read the story yourself to know what will happen to this green thumb. Is it something magical?
CJ Love as an illustrator has done an amazing job. This is a different and interesting story. The suggestions at the end of the book related to what all vegetables we can grow in our garden will definitely help those who loves gardening. This is a fantasy story. I enjoyed it and I recommend it to little kiddos.
I like reading books of post-apocalyptic genre. This is the first book of the author Ian O’Hara. The story revolves around mainly 3 characters. Rebecca Masters is a strong female character walking and walking in search of food and water. There were two others with her. Jerome Tucker and Caleb Redrickson. Jerome Tucker has joined the squad only few months back. His stupidest jokes always makes Caleb laugh or shake his head in bewilderment.
Their journey to search things for their survival is full of adventures. Rebecca’s dream was too matured one for a guy Kyle having good looks. The storyline is quite different and so it caught my attention.
The title and the cover page of the book is apt. Survival in 2157 is not easy and our protagonists know that by now. Like them there were others also in search of food and water. But Caleb has only seen Rebecca and Jerome.
This story made me wonder how we will survive in future if resources will exhaust. The thought itself is quite scary. Isn’t it? The action packed story is something you shouldn’t miss to read.
My Daddy Doesn’t Need A Cape is a children’s book written by the author Sheryl Smiley-Oliphant. This is the story of a little girl Kimmie for whom her Daddy is an ideal father and a superhero also. He even doesn’t need a cape.
Kimmie has described what all similarities his father has when compared to a superhero. His daddy wears same uniform everyday just like superhero. He is multi talented and is capable of doing anything.
The choice of colours for illustrations is perfect. The cover page of the book is showing a Dad as well as a superhero in him. This is a wonderful story that celebrates dads and I enjoyed reading this. I recommend this to kids. They will definitely love this and see the superhero in their dad too just like Kimmie.
Strangers With Known Faces is a tale of five friends. The story starts with the murder of Shanaya Mishra in 2030 and the suspects were her friends Rajat, Amol, Sadda and Meenakshi. They were investigated and asked about Shanaya and the time they spent with her during college days.
Since CBI couldn’t find any solid proof against the four friends, it can’t do anything. Rajat and Meenakshi on the other hand, started doing investigation on their own. When Rajat’s name was highlighted in news for land deals, all evidences pointed to him making him the culprit. Is Rajat really behind the murder of Shanaya?
Grab a copy of this book to know all the mystery behind Shanaya’s death. The story is intriguing with so many twists and turns. You wouldn’t want to put it down until you finish it. Book needs to be formatted properly. I suggest this to beginners who love reading murder mystery.
1. Please introduce yourself so that the readers will get to know you better.
I am Kristen Keenon Fisher, author of the The Quantum Cartographer, which was my debut novel and a “distinguished favorite” in the New York City Big Book Awards. I am from the Eastern Shore of Virginia and I studied audio engineering and graphic design in Rockville, Maryland.
2. What inspired you to start writing?
Well I’ve always written short stories and poetry for as long as I can remember. The inspiration for a novel came from a challenge to myself. I once told myself that I could never write a novel. It was too complex, too involved. I could never do that. So one day I decided to prove myself wrong. I dared myself to write a novel. I made a deal with myself to finish no matter what. I wouldn’t give in to any doubts I had or excuses, I was just going to take my time and persist. I started having a lot of dreams at that time to. They were random but very vividdepictions of people, places and events. I used a lot of the details from the dreams in the story.
3. What do you hope your readers take away from your book “The Quantum Cartographer”?
I hope they see The Quantum Cartographer as an intriguing journey with many interesting and thought provoking destinations along the way. I want it to be something you read and then read again to catch all the synchronicities and moving parts. I hope they find it to be more than just another tale of time travel and discover deeper themes and ideology. The Quantum Cartographer is a journey for your mind.
4. What do you like to do when you’re not writing?
When I’m not writing I enjoy anything inspirational. I enjoy, gaming, reading, meditating, drawing. I’m just obsessed with art and creativity and being inspired to create things that might inspire someone else to create something.
5. Have you ever seen a time machine? Do you actually believe that it works?
I have never seen a functional time machine but I do believe the technology is possible. Rumor has it that Nikola Tesla invented one. It was one of the ideas posed as the catalyst for the “Mandela effect,” which was the name given to the growing phenomena of multiple groups of people from all around the world who remember certain historical events happening differently. Theoretically to time travel successfully, you would need to travel faster than the speed of light. And in the phenomena of black holes, light is actually slowed down tremendously. So, if you could somehow manage to harness the power of a black hole you could conceivably create a time machine. Easy.
6. What is your favorite Quote?
“The opposite of an idea is the absence of the idea itself. Absence is the absence of justice. Presence is the absence of absence.” —Unknown
7. What are you working on next? Are you planning to release another book soon?
I am currently working on a second novel as a matter of fact. It will be set in a colorful, beautifully rendered, and foul mouthed alternate universe.I would say expect to see it maybe late this year or early next year. The only thing I can say about it is … There will be machines.
8. Which is your favorite Time Travel fantasy book?
My favorite time travel story is “All You Zombies” Robert A. Heinlein, which was adapted into a movie in 2014 called Predestination. The paradoxes created in the story are mind-blowing. I don’t want to give away too much about it in case there’s someone reading this who hasn’t read the book, or seen “Predestination” which was a film released in 2014 that was based on the short story by Heinlein,but it was definitely one the most magical efforts of storytelling I’ve ever witnessed.
9. How do you come up with the idea to write a science fiction involving time travel?
The idea of time travel has always fascinated me. And with storytelling you can do some really interesting things with it and create what I feel is a “beautiful conflict” within the reader, wherein the sequence of events becomes entirely distorted. If past events influence the future and future events influence the past in this seemingly never-ending loop, which came first? Is time itself really just an illusion and do our actions as transient beings cause ripples not only in the future but the past as well? And in the case of reincarnation, what if your next life wasn’t in the future at all? What if a soul could reincarnate into the distant past? I wanted to explore these ideas and many others.
10. Lastly, do you want to give any advice to your readers and aspiring writers?
Keep writing. I think we have a tendency as writers to feel as if we have to have it all planned out and write the greatest story ever told on the first draft or we have some form of writers block. But in fact, writing can be more akin to an excavation process rather than a performance art. We have the luxury of doing “not quite the right thing” and editing and perfecting until it is the right thing.
You shine in the day and shine in the night. You are the Sun, The Moon,and the Stars.” This book has two main characters. A little boy named Ochieng and his father. The story talks about the sun, the moon and the stars. We get to read about their role on this planet and the Universe.
The analogies presented in the story are really wonderful. Ochieng’s father explained his son about the sun, the moon and the stars. He told him about the role of all three of them and their symbolic meaning as well.
The book is written in a narrative manner. The illustrations are colorful and made the story much more interesting. I recommend kids to read this book and enhance their Knowledge on the Sun, the moon and the stars.
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